VCT viewership so far

VCT viewership so far 21/02/2024 10:17 am PST

Pacific League 2023 Peak 399520 (PRX vs DRX) AVG 138528
Pacific Kickoff 2024 Peak 462603 (T1 vs Zeta) AVG 269225
Peak +15.7% AVG +94.3%

Americas League 2023 Peak 554170 (Loud vs NRG) AVG 205618
Americas Kickoff 2024 Peak 589773 (Sentinel vs Loud) AVG 299027
Peak +6.4% AVG +45.4%

EMEA League 2023 Peak 303079 (Liquid vs Fnatic) AVG 119479
EMEA Kickoff 2024 Peak 221371 (Liquid vs Koi) AVG 151121
Peak -26.95% AVG +26.48%

So far Pacific has the highest growth in all 3 Regions, Almost doubling their average viewership

Surely it will increase more till the playoffs

insane increase in viewership

EMEA is doing bad uh (maybe because there wasn't any great matches until now?)
Pacific and Americas are doing well

Once Kcorp starts winning a lot they will carry peak viewership hard

Wtf EMEA, I didn't think it was THAT bad

Conceit [#6]

Wtf EMEA, I didn't think it was THAT bad

i think M8 will break the record for EMEA

Conceit [#6]

Wtf EMEA, I didn't think it was THAT bad

FNC and Gentlemates havent played yet. Average will rise quite a bit still

Conceit [#6]

Wtf EMEA, I didn't think it was THAT bad

most of EU plays/watches CS.

i'm a rare double agent, i play/watch both CS and Val.

shzuo [#4]

EMEA is doing bad uh (maybe because there wasn't any great matches until now?)
Pacific and Americas are doing well

Fnatic matchup will probably get a bit more, also based on what time it is.

In the all leagues except emea the top teams played. I think it will increase when fnatic plays

where are you getting viewership numbers from?

I hope EMEA gets higher viewership. There production is insane compared to the other regions

Keep in mind as well, that Pacific is already at play-in stage, Americas has had two Elimination Matches, and EMEA is still finishing up opening matches.
I am sure by the time FNC plays or during Elimination Matches, there will be a rise in viewership. Maybe not to the degree of Americas, but closer to Pacific.

shzuo [#4]

EMEA is doing bad uh (maybe because there wasn't any great matches until now?)
Pacific and Americas are doing well

The peak will increase when there's a "great" match (a match between 2 teams with huge fanbase), but the average is already better, so it's not doing that bad

Congo1 [#8]

FNC and Gentlemates havent played yet. Average will rise quite a bit still

Yeah probably, but they're still half of pacific's peak rn, gonna need to do a lot of heavy lifting

shzuo [#4]

EMEA is doing bad uh (maybe because there wasn't any great matches until now?)
Pacific and Americas are doing well

it's happening at the same time as the counterstrike PGL major RMR qualifiers (pretty big for euros) and fewer people from americas/apac can watch due to it being morning on a weekday for americas. EMEA viewership has never been that great for VCT though, biggest growth areas have been in APAC/CN.

FireII [#12]

where are you getting viewership numbers from?

from escharts.com

R0alphy [#15]

The peak will increase when there's a "great" match (a match between 2 teams with huge fanbase), but the average is already better, so it's not doing that bad

In 2023 KC, BBL, KOI and Fnatic are the most-watched teams. So we can still expect some growth

shzuo [#4]

EMEA is doing bad uh (maybe because there wasn't any great matches until now?)
Pacific and Americas are doing well

Csgo exists

Great numbers so far!!

Conceit [#6]

Wtf EMEA, I didn't think it was THAT bad

yeah, their peak is not that good but the increase in avg viewership will hold its weight tho

Marc_ [#22]

yeah, their peak is not that good but the increase in avg viewership will hold its weight tho

True average increase is more important, but their increase is much lower than the other regions so far

Conceit [#16]

Yeah probably, but they're still half of pacific's peak rn, gonna need to do a lot of heavy lifting

im not gonna deny they are the weakest region rn but they will close the gap by a good margin. Its important for the future that high viewership teams like KC, KOI, GM8 and FNC perform well. Both for more hype and so they play more games and shift the average.

Sen and Loud being successful lately has been crushing EMEA. They are fortunate for that.

Congo1 [#24]

im not gonna deny they are the weakest region rn but they will close the gap by a good margin. Its important for the future that high viewership teams like KC, KOI, GM8 and FNC perform well. Both for more hype and so they play more games and shift the average.

Sen and Loud being successful lately has been crushing EMEA. They are fortunate for that.

Yeah I hope the viewership is good for you guys, especially considering how good the production is so far. It's important for everyone :3

loud carrying

jonny05 [#20]

Csgo exists

erm ackshually csgo is dead, now we have cs2

Congo1 [#5]

Once Kcorp starts winning a lot they will carry peak viewership hard

Congo you're back

tomaz [#26]

loud carrying

Loud fans are built different.

Ryzmii [#27]

erm ackshually csgo is dead, now we have cs2

mb pokie

So the reason is that it's just the beginning of the season, 2024 certainly looks promising but these numbers probably aren't accurately representative of the 2024 VCT

Awesome numbers! And CS2 helps to get even more every day <3

Ryzmii [#9]

most of EU plays/watches CS.

i'm a rare double agent, i play/watch both CS and Val.

i dont think rare is the right term, "uncommon" fits more (for EU specifically)

Nachtel [#28]

Congo you're back

Season started. No point being here in offseason.